Worcester firefighters knock out 2-alarm blaze in Main South

Saturday

Jan 5, 2013 at 6:00 PMJan 5, 2013 at 7:49 PM

By Craig S. Semon/TELEGRAM & GAZETTE STAFF

WORCESTER -- Firefighters quickly knocked down a two-alarm apartment fire this afternoon in Main South.

Shortly after 3 p.m., firefighters responded to 3A Clement St. Heavy flames were blowing out of two windows on the third floor when the first company arrived, and fire was extending out of the stairwell, Deputy Chief Stuart Howe said.

Once inside the apartment, firefighters were able to do a “quick knockdown” of the fire, Deputy Chief. Howe said. There might have been minor extension into the attic, he said.

In the apartment, one room was “totally burnt out” and the rest of the rooms suffered heavy smoke, Deputy Chief. Howe said. In addition, there was smoke damage to an adjacent apartment and water damage to some of the apartments below.

The apartment's tenants were not home at the time of the fire and there were no injuries, Deputy Chief Howe said.

Potentially, tenants from six apartments in that wing of the building will be displaced tonight, he said.